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An elementary school in Buckingham County, Va., was designed to promote wellness and nutrition. The school features an open eating space with a restaurant-like feel that allows students to see where food is prepared and eat overlooking a school garden. Officials say the design also seeks to make healthy choices easier for students by placing fruit near the cafeteria cashier and by promoting water drinking at prominently located water fountains.

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Children living in areas with less access to parks within a safe walking distance showed higher rates of obesity, Canadian researchers reported at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting. "A child's neighborhood is a potentially modifiable risk factor for obesity that we can target in order to stop the increasing prevalence of obesity in young children," researcher Dr. Julia Morinis said in a news release.

Reducing breakfast portions by 40% for overweight study participants did not lead them to eat more later in the day to make up for it, according to U.K. researchers. The smaller portions allowed people to eat 269 fewer calories during the day, the study found.

Ron Finley promotes urban farming in south central Los Angeles to increase access to healthy foods in an area known as a food desert. He planted a curbside garden to show people how to do it, and says his objectives are saving lives through better eating and gardening, which also can keep people away from gangs and violence.

The nonprofit group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has adopted a policy that requires employees to eat only vegan food in the office. PCRM's Susan Levin said the group wanted to practice what it preaches about health and when the policy went into effect, about one-third of the staff already was eating a vegan diet, while another third was moving toward adopting it.